Solitary intracranial metastases from primary endometrioid ovarian cancer.
A rare case of involvement of the Central Nervous System characterized by brain and subsequent cerebellar metastases without abdomino-pelvic spread is reported. The patient was treated by craniotomy plus external radiation to the brain. Subsequently, Carboplatin-based chemotherapy was started when paraaortic lymph-nodes involvement has been detected. Follow-up is uneventful after clinical complete remission.
Marinaccio
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical School of Bari, Policlinico, Italy.
Pinto
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V
Geusa
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Lanzilotti
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G
Loiudice
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L
D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D016190:Carboplatin